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Cellulitis Case Summary

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The patient is a 52-year-old gentleman who is admitted inpatient because of redness of the left leg with pain and itching. The patient in fact was scheduled for an outpatient cardiac. He had a positive stress test. He was actually brought for catheterization and coronary angiogram the day of admission, however when seen in the cath lab the procedure had to be canceled because of a roaring cellulitis of his left leg. It started 1 week prior to admission. He was having some itching and scratched his leg and the leg and then become hot, red and inflamed. His medical history is significant for hypertension, dyslipidemia, morbid obesity, coronary possible coronary disease and obstructive sleep apnea, major depression which has left him disabled.
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